as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph after their first World Series championship in 86 years, Bostonians felt that they had earned the right to exuberate with abandon

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Verb
  • This has delighted Cruise's fans online, who can't stop posting about Cruise's love for a buttery tub.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 May 2025
  • With more than 155,000 upvotes on TikTok, Milo's inclusion in his owner's daily prayers delighted internet users.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
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  • Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
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  • Thomas triumphed in some of the most daunting hero (or anti-hero) roles that theater offers, including Hamlet, Peer Gynt and Richard III.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
  • But a trans high school athlete triumphed in the girls' long jump and triple jump this week at the CIF Track Championship Masters Qualifiers.
    Shane Croucher Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
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“Exuberate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exuberate. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.

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